Daily Archives for 18 June 2014


June 18: Napoleon Bonaparte Defeated

On 18 June 1815, the French Army under Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo by the Seventh Coalition lead by British General Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington. The Seventh Coalition was made up of forces from Great Britain, Netherlands, Hannover, Nassau, Brunswick and a sizable force from Prussia under Gebhard von Blucher. […]